[PHP] PHP 4.3.11, question about classes

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi, I am just learning about classes. My server is running PHP 4.3.11 Example code: class testing { var $what; } $linkGenClass = new testing(); $linkGenClass-what = 'hi'; echo $linkGenClass-what; Why does the constructor require the ()? I have seen many examples via google that do

Re: [PHP] PHP 4.3.11, question about classes

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi Chris! Thanks for all the great answers, I really appreciate all of your help. I am browsing the link you gave me now. I only have one question: On Mar 22, 2006, at 4:09 AM, chris smith wrote: You're calling a method (which is a function inside a class). You can't call a regular function

Re: [PHP] [SOLVED] PHP 4.3.11, question about classes

2006-03-22 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 22, 2006, at 4:33 AM, chris smith wrote: Sorry for the confusion :) Not at all. :) I am stoked to be finally learning about OOP/classes/objects in PHP... the tutes you sent are very helpful. Many thanks for you help, I really appreciate it. ;) Nice site btw, great info, cool

[PHP] Function-returning array { OR } declare array at top of functions file?

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi, I just wanted to know if it is wrong, or non-standard, for me to set-up functions that just return an array... example: function vert_links_array(): function vert_links_array() { return array( '1' = array(S_MANCOM,'start.php?page=productsamp;

Re: [PHP] Function-returning array { OR } declare array at top of functions file?

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 21, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: Any suggestions? I am a self-taught php dude, so please don't laugh if this is a silly question. You know, the more I think about, the more I think I need to learn about PHP classes... Seems like I would just be able to define the array from

Re: [PHP] Function-returning array { OR } declare array at top of functions file?

2006-03-21 Thread Michael Hulse
On Mar 21, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: ... any good links for learning more about classes? This seems like a good tutorial to start with: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/48/0.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net

Re: [PHP] not sure, what now

2006-02-25 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 25, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Schalk wrote: *Warning*: main(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(../inc/siteconfig.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/httpd/vhosts/sealbeachprofessionals.com/httpdocs:/tmp) in /home/httpd/vhosts/sealbeachprofessionals.com/httpdocs/home.php on

Re: [PHP] not sure, what now

2006-02-25 Thread Michael Hulse
To be more specific: Based on error message you posted: #Start from server root: include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/inc/siteconfig.php'); Hth, gl, M On Feb 25, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: Try changing all includes that look like this: include('/folder/file.php

[PHP] Page validation: Un-wanted PHP session ID added to links????

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi, I just finished a website for client - I just uploaded the site to their server space - when I went to go validate my pages using the W3C XHTML validator I get several errors due to an un-encoded ampersand in the link URL... For some reason, a session ID is getting added to the end of

Re: [PHP] Page validation: Un-wanted PHP session ID added to links????

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:10 PM, John Nichel wrote: It's all in the manual Hi, thanks for pointing that out. I guess I should have RTFM first, then ask q's second... noob mistake, wont happen again. :D I guess I just do not understand why a session is even being created, I never started

Re: [PHP] Re: Page validation: Un-wanted PHP session ID added to links????

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:11 PM, David Dorward wrote: http://www.w3.org/QA/2005/04/php-session details how to fix the problem (without breaking the session tracking for users without cookies supported and enabled). Ah, great link. Thanks! :) I don't know why sessions are being stored in the

[PHP] Re: [SOLVED] [PHP] Page validation: Un-wanted PHP session ID added to links????

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Hulse
This did the trick: ?php ini_set('arg_separator.output','amp;'); ? On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:37 PM, John Nichel wrote: The server you're running the script on may have session.auto_start enabled Ah, got it. :) Thanks all! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

Re: [PHP] Working with a config file

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Hulse
On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Benjamin Adams wrote: I want to parse this so I can only call frank or freds data and move id, section, years, etc to varaibles. Can someone give me some help Here is a function I wrote, I bet it will help you (sorry, not the most readable because I pulled from

Re: [PHP] Hide email addresses from spam bots

2006-02-01 Thread Michael Hulse
Well, this is Javascript, but interesting: http://www.albionresearch.com/misc/obfuscator.php Link description: Sadly there are a number of 'spambots' which roam the web 'harvesting' email addresses to send spam to. Often you have no choice but to include an email address in a web page.

Re: [PHP] Retrieve output from HTML or PHP file

2006-01-29 Thread Michael Hulse
I have used output buffering[1] in the past to do what you are describing. snip # HTML to be written: ob_start(); // Begin output buffering: require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$path.'/ '.$name_of_template.$name_of_template_ext); $message = ob_get_contents(); // Put contents of the above

Re: [PHP] Use of Ampersand in php

2006-01-22 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 22, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Nirmalya Lahiri wrote: Can any one tell me, what is the use of ampersand '' in php? This might help: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.references.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] date(H, $datevalue) always adds an hour?

2006-01-20 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi, On Jan 20, 2006, at 2:24 AM, Murray @ PlanetThoughtful wrote: Can anyone help me figure out how to accommodate for this? Not sure if this will help, but: # Set time zone: putenv('TZ=US/Pacific'); // I am on west-coast, my servers are on east, if not for this code the timestamp used in

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Best way to do this: www.domain.com?page=var

2006-01-17 Thread Michael Hulse
Wow, thanks for all the great advice everyone! Very good info... all of your suggestions have been very helpful. I appreciate it. • I would have never thought to just require() the page... good idea. :) • Still checking out server options... waiting for info from client on that tip. • Mod

Re: [PHP] need help arranging files!

2006-01-17 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 17, 2006, at 7:09 AM, tedd wrote: Worked great for me -- no problems whatsoever! Sweet, thanks for checking... glad someone got it working. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] Best way to do this: www.domain.com?page=var

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Hulse
Hello, What would be the best way to get a page variable like this: www.domain.com?page=home to show up when a user types in: www.domain.com My current fix is to have this: header(Refresh: 0; URL=http://www.domain.com/start.php?page=home;); ... on a index.php page on the root. Is there a

Re: [PHP] Best way to do this: www.domain.com?page=var

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:] I think that'll do it for ya. If you're going through an ISP, they still may have a way that you can set your defaults, possibly through .htaccess or some other Apache type prefs setting mechanism. Good luck! Great! Thanks for the

Re: [PHP] Best way to do this: www.domain.com?page=var

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Ezra Nugroho wrote: You probably want to check mod_rewrite. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html Ah, looks useful! Thanks for link, reading about it now. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] Best way to do this: www.domain.com?page=var

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 16, 2006, at 3:27 PM, M. Sokolewicz wrote: I'm confused... why does everyone use a refresh??? According to me, that's not what a refresh is supposed to be used for (!). Why don't use a header('Location: http://www.domain.com/start.php?page=home'); for it? It's more in-line with RFC's

Re: [PHP] need help arranging files!

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 16, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Nicholas Couloute wrote: I need to know how to arrange files alphabetically in my directory when I display it on the browser! I have it display the filename foreach that exist is there a way to arrange by alphabet? I would read the contents of the directory into

Re: [PHP] need help arranging files!

2006-01-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 16, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Nicholas Couloute wrote: I tried the script but it keeps saying it is not an array! Hmm, I just set-it-up on my server: http://www.ambiguism.com/php/readDirSort.php Seems to work for me. Code: $file_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/php/test/'; $the_dir =

Re: [PHP] How to: Search web for specific file type?

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 5, 2006, at 3:49 AM, Jochem Maas wrote: good a place as any: http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=143 Hi! Thanks for link, visiting now. :) I might suggest that you first google for 'how to write a search engine'; then do a lot of reading; Have done... a

Re: [PHP] failed to open stream warning

2006-01-04 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 4, 2006, at 4:28 PM, zedleon wrote: $fp = fopen(home/path/temp w+); You only got 3 quotes in the above code... try this: $fp = fopen(home/path/temp, w+); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Re: failed to open stream warning

2006-01-04 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 4, 2006, at 4:56 PM, zedleon wrote: I just corrected the code...I had it correct but posted it in correctly. $fp = fopen(home/path/temp w+); puts($fp, $msg); fclose($fp); Still getting the same warning... I think you forgot a comma this time... $fp = fopen(home/path/temp, w+);

[PHP] How to: Search web for specific file type?

2006-01-04 Thread Michael Hulse
Hello, Just curious if anyone could give me some google keywords/links/suggestions/tips/comments/feedback on a good place to start for writing a search engine script. I think I might have a good idea for a specific type of search engine. Basically it would crawl web and index links to a

Re: [PHP] Upload with process meter

2006-01-03 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 2, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Martin Zvarík wrote: is it possible to upload a file and see the process of uploading (before the file is uploaded, there is something showing from 0% to 100%) using PHP and Javascript ? My main dig with using PHP[0] is that (AFAIK) there is no good way to give

Re: [PHP] To copy a file from one server to another server in php

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Hulse
Hello, On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:27 AM, suma parakala wrote: Hi Can anyone tell me how can we copy one file from one server to another server using PHP Thanks Suma I use this function to grab mp3's from one server and place them on another (transfers 10mb files rather nicely): function

Re: [PHP] To copy a file from one server to another server in php

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Hulse
On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:32 AM, Michael Hulse wrote: You could also use cURL: From the cURL manual (in a terminal window type man curl, without the quotes): ... ... -o/--output file Write output to file instead of stdout. If you are using

Re: [PHP] Pblm with streaming ..

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 19, 2005, at 12:10 PM, ganu wrote: ... any idea how to do? I am not getting any idea/starting how to do it ... Use Flash 8. It will convert to .FLV format. Easy as cake. Choose to make the file external. Then you can use Progressive download/play. With Flash 8 it is really easy to

Re: [PHP] PHP programmers from hyderabad

2005-12-18 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 18, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Curt Zirzow wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 02:58:00AM +0100, Vikram Kumar wrote: We are looking for PHP programmers from hyderabd. You can stop sending these messages to the list. I am with Curt on this one. I get enough spam as it is already. WhTF is Hyderabd

Re: [PHP] Blocking Values From an External Source

2005-12-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 16, 2005, at 11:50 AM, Shaun wrote: I have a script on my site for processing values sent from a contact form and emailing them to the webmaster. The script has been abused by spammers and my hosting company has recommended that I change the script to only accept information posted

Re: [PHP] Blocking Values From an External Source

2005-12-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 16, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: http://us2.php.net/reserved.variables Check this post in the comment section of above url: Zoic 20-Sep-2005 11:39 I just wrote up this function to secure forms on my site so that you can't submit a form from anywhere but your site

Re: [PHP] Binary Config file: Protect script(s): Powered-by logo: How to?

2005-12-16 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 15, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: On Dec 15, 2005, at 10:09 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: So, if you buy the gallery script, which I did (I think I spent like 20$), the Powered by Company Name disappears. I forgot to add: When you buy the script, the company will send you a new

[PHP] Binary Config file: Protect script(s): Powered-by logo: How to?

2005-12-15 Thread Michael Hulse
Hey all, A couple years ago, before I could write my own PHP, I used a semi-commercial gallery script... Long story short, this gallery script used a config.dat file with these contents: ?php exit(); ? 11001100 01101100 0100 10001100 1100 ... ... (Picture 1,667 lines of this) ...

Re: [PHP] Binary Config file: Protect script(s): Powered-by logo: How to?

2005-12-15 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 15, 2005, at 10:09 PM, Michael Hulse wrote: So, if you buy the gallery script, which I did (I think I spent like 20$), the Powered by Company Name disappears. I forgot to add: When you buy the script, the company will send you a new replacement config.dat file that magically removes

Re: [PHP] Re: Declaring arrays? Good practice?

2005-12-14 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 14, 2005, at 9:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm lazy so I don't tend to pre-define variable types although I should probably get into the practice when there's a security need to do so. So what was the original question again? hah Hehehe, looks like you answered it. :D Thanks

[PHP] Declaring arrays? Good practice?

2005-12-13 Thread Michael Hulse
Sorry if this question sounds noobish: $foo = array(); // Declare first, good practice. $foo = array('one', 'two', 'three'); Using above as example, is it good to always declare the array first? I usually/always declare my arrays first, but sometimes I get a bit confused... for example:

Re: [PHP] Declaring arrays? Good practice?

2005-12-13 Thread Michael Hulse
Thanks Curt and Robert! You guys really helped clear things up for me. You guys rock! I really appreciate all of your help. :) Cheers, Micky -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Re: IE6 not returning POST data from a textarea

2005-12-12 Thread Michael Hulse
For those interested, here is the answer... Text pasted into a textarea [e.g., from Word] can have characters not defined in IE's textarea ISO-8859-1 charset. Appearently, IE6 has a bug such that it does not send the POST value for the textarea name when some of these are present. [e.g., …

Re: [PHP] need for $_POST[''] changed after server upgrade

2005-12-12 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 12, 2005, at 8:21 PM, Ray wrote: Hello, Thanks Matt, I appreciate your help. your solution is a lot easier than mine. It's also nice to understand what was happening. I was introduced to PHP after that type of globals were considered 'evil' so I hadn't seen code written that way. Ray

Re: [PHP] need for $_POST[''] changed after server upgrade

2005-12-12 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 12, 2005, at 9:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only problem I see with this is now you are asking php to issue a count on the $_REQUEST array, this could take some time depending on your form size. Ah, very good point... did not think of that. :) -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] PHP, MySQL and XML for IPodCasting

2005-12-09 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 9, 2005, at 3:45 AM, Danny wrote: How to proceed I recently set-up my first Podcast... Every week I have a script that grabs three MP3 files from a remote server and puts them on my own server... Then I have another script that generates the Podcast XML. I am using CRON jobs

Re: [PHP] PHP, MySQL and XML for IPodCasting

2005-12-09 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Danny wrote: Simply Fantastic!. Thanks a lot! Sure thing, I am glad that I was able to help/give you some ideas. :) So for me the best solution I think, would be to read the MySQL Table, and produce the XML with a given template from a PHP Script. I will use

Re: [PHP] how to pass an array to Java script

2005-12-09 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 9, 2005, at 8:30 PM, Johny John wrote: Hi, How to pass an array (from php ) to java script and display it using javascript?... Jasus. Well, FWIK, Here is how you pass a variable: script type=text/javascript language=javascript ?php echo var picUrl = '$picUrl';\n;

Re: [PHP] simple-ish question but something i never knew

2005-12-09 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:07 PM, matt VanDeWalle wrote: I am wanting to forward a user on a signup or similar page (based on a few of their answers) and so far i have it split into basically a two-step process where i have on the first part, an option list with 4 choices, they hit continue or

Re: [PHP] simple-ish question but something i never knew

2005-12-09 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:35 PM, Aaron Koning wrote: I have found that using the header function doesn't actually redirect the page, it pulls the content into the page that the function is called from (which works good for somethings, but can get confusing with post variables and such). Its been

Re: [PHP] simple-ish question but something i never knew

2005-12-09 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:35 PM, Aaron Koning wrote: Its been my experience that meta tags work better. I guess what you are saying is that this: meta http-equiv=refresh content=0;url=https://www.theNewUrl/forward.html; Is better than this: header(Refresh: 0;

Re: [PHP] QUERY_STRING Variables and POST

2005-12-08 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 8, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Michael B Allen wrote: I'm using the POST method but I would also like to access QUERY_STRING parameters. Is there a convienient global array for these? If not, what is the definitive method for accessing them? Not sure if this script will help, but you can point

[PHP] Classes/Objects - Books/Links?

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Hulse
Hello, I want to learn about classes and objects in PHP. (IMHO) I would say that my understanding of functions is very good. Any books that you could suggest that specifically address just classes/objects? How-a-bout sites/links/tutorials on the web? I am hoping that by learning how to use

Re: [PHP] What software do you use for writing PHP?

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 6, 2005, at 6:38 PM, Curt Zirzow wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 06:36:33PM +0100, M. Sokolewicz wrote: Jason Petersen wrote: On 12/6/05, Jeff McKeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Forever now I've been using Frontpage for all my web work including php. I'm sure there's better

Re: [PHP] Classes/Objects - Books/Links?

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 6, 2005, at 6:39 PM, Chris Shiflett wrote: Adam Trachtenberg's Upgrading to PHP 5 (O'Reilly) is a good book. It covers all of the new features in PHP 5 (so it's not just OOP, sorry), but the chapter on objects is excellent. Hi Chris, thanks for the quick response. :) That book sounds

Re: [PHP] What software do you use for writing PHP?

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Hulse
On Dec 6, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Mark Steudel wrote: I primarily code in Dreamweaver 8. Two of my favorite features that were added from MX are as follows: 1. Code folding, basically you can collapse blocks of code. If you have to work with other peoples code, matching braces and code folding is an

[PHP] Security/$_REQUEST vars... How do you do it?

2005-12-03 Thread Michael Hulse
Hello, This is my first time posting to the list... I hope this question is not too silly, I am definitely not a guru at PHP. Anyway, in one of my latest projects, I find myself using this bit of code quite a bit: if((isset($_REQUEST['sub'])) (!empty($_REQUEST['sub']))) { ... code

Re: [PHP] Security/$_REQUEST vars... How do you do it?

2005-12-03 Thread Michael Hulse
Hi Comex, thanks for the quick response, I really appreciate it. :) On Dec 3, 2005, at 3:29 PM, comex wrote: empty is a language construct, not a function, so that is not necessary. You can just do !empty(...). Oh, do you mean that I should do this instead: if((isset($_REQUEST['sub']))